Honors and Awards

2024: Best Paper Award - IEEE Middle East Conference on Communications and Networking (MECOM 2024).

2024: World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University (Two Categories: Year 2023 & Career).

2024: Best Paper Award - IEEE 10th International Conference on Communications and and Electronics (ICCE 2024).

2023: World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University (Two Categories: Year 2022 & Career).

2023:  Top 1% Scientists in the World by Research.com - broad field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering.

2022: Best Paper Award - IEEE Global Conference on Communications (GLOBECOM 2022) - Wireless Communications Symposium.

2022: World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University  (Two Categories: Year 2021 & Career).

2022: Top 1% Scientists in the World by Research.com - broad field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering.

2022: Nokia Visiting Professor Grant Recipient.

2021: World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University  (Two Categories: Year 2020 & Career).

2021: Exemplary Editor Award - IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society.

2021: Distinguished Speaker - IEEE Vehicular Technology Society.

2019: Exemplary Reviewer Award - IEEE Wireless Communications Letters.

2019: Exemplary Reviewer Award - IEEE Communications Letters.

2019: Certificate of Appreciation - Symposium Chair, IEEE Global Communications Conference.

2019: Certificate of Appreciation - Notable Services and Fine Contributions towards the advancement of IEEE Access.

2018: Nokia Visiting Professor Grant Recipient

2018: Productivity Research Fellow of the National Council of Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) - Level 1D.

2018: Best Paper Award - International Conference on Advanced Communication Technologies and Networking (CommNet 2018).

2018: Certificate of Appreciation - Notable Services and Fine Contributions towards the advancement of IEEE Access.

2017: Exemplary Reviewer Award - IEEE Communications Letters.

2017: Outstanding Associate Editor Award - IEEE Access.

2017: Distinguished Lecturer - IEEE Vehicular Technology Society.

2016: Certificate of Appreciation - Top Associate Editor for outstanding contribution to IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.

2016: Exemplary Editor Award - IEEE Communications Letters.

2016: Exemplary Reviewer Award - IEEE Communications Letters.

2015: Most Cited Researcher from Federal University of Ceará in September, Source: Research Gate.

2015: Most Cited Researcher from Federal University of Ceará in July, Source: Research Gate.

2015: Certificate of Appreciation - Top Associate Editor for outstanding contribution to IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.

2013: Exemplary Reviewer Award - IEEE Wireless Communications Letters.

2013: Certificate of Appreciation - Top Associate Editor for outstanding contribution to IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.

2013: Senior Member - IEEE.

2012: Productivity Research Fellow of the National Council of Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) - Level 2.

2011: Best Paper Award - Brazilian Telecommunications Symposium (SBrT 2011).

2010: Productivity Research Fellow of the Ceará Council of Scientific and Technological Development (FUNCAP).

2010: Best Paper Award - 13th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC 2010).

2009: Best PhD Thesis in Electrical Engineering by the Brazilian Ministry of Education (CAPES) in the 2009 CAPES Thesis Contest.

2009: Best Paper Award - IEEE International Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2009).